Skill formation interdisciplinary and cross-national perspectives

There are marked changes in skill requirements in today's modern societies, and major questions about the processes of skill formation remain unresolved. It reviews the theories and research on skill formation in psychology, economics, political science and sociology.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Mayer, Karl Ulrich (-), Solga, Heike
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press ©2008.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Institutions and collective actors in the provision of training : historical and cross-national comparisons / Pepper D. Culpepper and Kathleen Thelen
  • When traditions change and virtues become obstacles : skill formation in Britain and Germany / Steffen Hillmert
  • Why does the German apprenticeship system work? / Christian Dustmann and Uta Schoenberg
  • What do we know about training at work? / Philip J. O'Connell and Jean-Marie Jungblut
  • Qualifications and the returns to training across the life course / Walter Mueller and Marita Jacob
  • Lack of training : employment opportunities for low-skilled persons from a sociological and microeconomic perspective / Heike Solga
  • Vocational and professional learning : skill formation between formal and situated learning / Hans Gruber, Christian Harteis and Monika Rehrl
  • How to compare the performance of VET systems in skill formation / Martin Baethge, Frank Achtenhagen and Lena Arends.